Friendly Atheist Podcast

Friendly Atheist Podcast

Hemant Mehta and Jessica Bluemke Greiff cover the latest news, politics, and pop culture with a focus on atheism and religion. This is the official podcast for FriendlyAtheist.com.

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May 20, 2026 93 mins

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— The White House hosted a taxpayer-funded Christian Nationalist rally in D.C. (0:43)

— California judge bans Kars4Kids ads for hiding Orthodox Jewish agenda. (5:28)

— Th...

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— America will “rededicate” the nation to a Christian God this weekend. (1:05)

— A private Muslim event at a Texas water park was legal. Greg Abbott shut it down anyway....

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— The final report from Trump’s "Anti-Christian Bias" task force reveals... nothing. (1:00)

— A Christian phone network aims to purify the internet by blocking reality. ...

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— Indiana Lt. Gov. faces backlash after calling high school band kids “demonic.” (0:39)

— Megachurch pastor’s Senate tease sparks ethics complai...

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— Hemant will be speaking in Denver, Colorado this weekend! Details are here!

— Texas can force Ten Commandments posters in public schools, ...

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April 16, 2026 75 mins

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— Eric Swalwell’s resignation caps an up-and-down history with secular humanism. (0:45)

— A barista says she was fired for her Christian faith. The facts are far more nu...

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— Florida attorney general says state can ignore its own constitution to fund religion. (0:54)

— Bulls cut Jaden Ivey after anti-Pride ...

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Matthew Boedy is the author of multiple books and has written for many major publications. He's a leader in faculty organizing as president of the Georgia conference of the American Association of University Professors. He's formerly a high school teacher ...

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March 26, 2026 84 mins

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— The Duggars are back in the news for crimes involving children. (0:45)

— Ché Ahn says God told him to run for governor. California says he can't be on the ballot. (13:...

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— Federal judge blocks Arkansas law forcing Ten Commandments displays in public schools. (0:37)

— South Australia political party dumps Christian candidate over anti-gay...

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— GOP congressman says Muslims "don’t belong in American society” while his party shrugs. (1:00)

— The myth of evangelical persecution gets a new platform in the Washing...

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March 5, 2026 81 mins

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— Texas megachurch pastor John Hagee is selling Trump's Iran conflict as God's plan. (0:43)

— Before you share that story about how troops were told the Iran War is for ...

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— Christian Nationalism has captured the Republican Party. (2:28)

— A Tennessee bill would force Bible lessons and prayer in public schools. (16:23)

— Ten Commandments po...

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— Southern Baptists are whitewashing the bigoted legacy of Wiley Drake. (2:27)

— Ex-pastor at Greg Laurie's megachurch: I'm too broke to fight all these sexual abuse law...

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February 12, 2026 73 mins

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— The "He Gets Us" campaign has a PR problem no Super Bowl ad can solve. (1:23)

— Oklahoma finally scraps Bible-heavy, conspiracy-laced Social Studies standards. (22:24)

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— The "Greater Than" campaign claims loving gay parents are the real threat to kids. (2:18)

— Republicans are panicking because James Talarico wants people to act more l...

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— The scandal rocking Bethel Church and the world of charismatic Christians. (1:07)

— Arizona GOP pushes bill to allow school board prayers, despite obvious constitution...

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— The anti-ICE protest at a Minnesota church was a justified rebuke of the pastor's cruelty. (2:49)

— Texas courthouse unveils illegal Ten Commandments monument, invitin...

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— Court upholds $400,000 fine against lawyer who warned Catholic school about predator on staff. (1:15)

— Scott Adams’ deathbed conversion to Christianity shouldn’t be t...

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January 8, 2026 86 mins

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— A single Chick-fil-A store congratulated a gay couple, and conservatives lost their damn minds. (2:35)

— People who visited Ark Encounter may have been exposed to meas...

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